the chinese president believes that his weight is for superior than that of western democracy. china's president changing ping starts july 30th on d, w. ah ah ah . this is dw news live from berlin, a record breaking heat wave in south western europe. wildfires blaze across portugal, spain and france as hundreds die from the effects of the hot weather, also on the program. ukraine braces for an escalation of attacks on all fronts as russia orders its forces to step up their operations and

a row over anti semitism. that's gripping the art world. the head of germany's biggest contemporary cultural show is forced to step down. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee wild fires as a record breaking heat wave scorches. southwestern europe. hundreds have died from the effects of the hot weather. the worst 8 countries are france, spain and portugal. scientists are blaming manmade climate change and more devastating forest fires are expected in the coming days. as parts of the continent brace for new temperature records and the intense heat on the iberian peninsula has created the conditions for flames to spread more quickly. and far,

dana operations are more difficult because of wind and low humidity. the fires are wreaking havoc in tourists spots, which had just started to recover from the covert pandemic in me has a town in the province of milan, popular with northern european tourists, more than 3000 people. i've now been evacuated from their homes. all right, well let's go straight to the spanish capital madrid where dw correspondence. nicole, this is standing by nicole. good to see you. so what's the situation like in spain and what are authorities doing to stop the blazes? well that more than 30 wildfires here in spain that are raging through the landscape. and as you said, also a very close to tourist destinations as me costs very dramatic scenes there because you can actually really see those clouds of smoke from the beach and the airplanes are getting the water directly where the paper off a thing to put out this fire, there's also fire just one hour away from madrid which has developed yesterday. we

don't know how to looking right now on the news. i just coming in slowly and much big area that is a fact is, is in the west of spain and x that in my luda. and it's not looking good to be honest. we have already over 7000 hector's that i burned and we have 3 different spots that have really huge bias. so these dry conditions in the window making it very difficult here to put them out there. well, over 1000 of fire fighters with all hands on deck and also aid workers of goals to evacuate people, many of them haven't gone home for about 5 days in the city my, the region, they have pets. they may have also like farm animals that they couldn't really take care of. they don't know what the damage is if there is any damage. so it's a lot of uncertainty here right now. and obviously the seat weight is the perfect feeding ground for those fires. it's not only dangerous, though, for the landscape and for people's houses, it's rep cetera, also really dangerous for help of this week. we have seen that there are numbers

coming in from, from the number of desk at the moment. it's 360 people who have died this week just because of the heat and the summer. it's going to be a long summer because summer's have become longer due to this, according to the statistics. and it's, it's not looking good at the moment to be honest. well, nicola, for anyone who knows madrid, or, or spain, of course, the hot weather is far from over. it's only the middle of july. how are people coping with the extreme heat? well, hot summers are not so unusual. it in spain, of course the people are so sort of like they haven't have adapted to this. i mean they go into the shades, they would stay where there's an ac on. they wouldn't go out at the extreme hours of sun if there's no need to do so. a lot of water, a lot of cooling down, but there's only so much you can do just to give you a perspective. i only have been at home. i don't have air con and i am kind of shielding at home in the dark. so if i go out as a difference of maybe $6.00 to $7.00 degrees and in the sun,

it's even more. so that's what you have to do. but it's obviously a really big impact on the buddy here that we also experience in because of the heat. be it that you're adapted to or not. it's not the usual that you have a heat wave that is fat long. data over you corresponded nicole ris in madrid. thank you. well, let's take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. torrential rains have had central china causing widespread floating that is displaced hundreds of thousands of people. at least 4 people have died and 13 are missing and gone to and c schwann provinces. this as neighboring regions are suffering from a heat wave. experts say the extreme weather is being driven by climate change. a cargo plane operated by ukrainian airline has crashed in northern greece shortly after the pilot reported engine problems. initial reports, a, the aircraft had a to people on board greek media, se the plane was on route from serbia to jordan and carrying toxic material

including explosives. it narrowly missed hitting houses. a ukrainian military official says russia is preparing for the next stage of it's offensive. after moscow ordered its forces to step up military operations, while most fighting is taking place in the east. russian rockets and missiles are also pounding cities far from the front lines. keith says the attacks have killed dozens of people in recent days. destruction in the central ukrainian city, ne pro, where a russian missile has left a gaping hole in a residential street. ukrainian officials say 3 people were killed and 15 wounded dog locally be sold with other windows. the sealed with duct tape. if you had, when the shock wave came, some shots of glass still hit me. i was like a wounded. and on my left side, i live in a political navy grocer garcia where the street is home to the use mush industrial

plant or russian defense ministry says the factory was producing parts for ballistic missiles, making it a legitimate military target bunker, where to go, that will run a little bit in the earlier. well, good out that there was a strike just around the corner. you next to you smash, sorry. that i saw a video to you. he smash was on fire and they were explosions. originally many fled after the attack. the pros, mayor urged residence on facebook to leave saying it was dangerous to remain to who you've in ukraine's ne. 3 people were killed in iraq of attack here. local authority, say a school in several homes were hit, a factory destroyed in the harbor, city of odessa far to the west, away from the front military experts predict an increase in russian strikes as the war of attrition grinds on. all right, well let's go to d. w next, spicer who is in the ukranian capital cave. hi, nick,

good to see. so ukraine says russia is preparing for the next stage of it's offensive in ukraine. have officials actually indicated what they're expecting from russian forces. no president savanski has acknowledged that even the russians themselves have said the operational pause is over and they're going to resume offensive operations. but he said that we will endure, we will win and we will rebuild our lives. but beyond not, no indication is what ukrainians are expecting, but it's not hard to imagine what will occur. it's already happening. rolling artillery barrage is of the kind we've seen over these past few months where 1000 sometimes 50000 shells are fired in a day destroying towns entirely where ukrainian defenders are hold up, causing them to repeat the retreat. strategically. take up defensive positions elsewhere, perhaps more mis. i'll attack, striking civilian targets, although the russians will say there were military personnel within those building

. the more of the same to a certain extent. how long now, how well positioned is ukraine to defend itself and hold off the russian advance, make the things that changed in the past 10 days or 2 weeks, let's say with the arrival of western weaponry so far. the american highmark precision low bio rocket system has really tip the balance in certain areas there shooting skills vehicle. they can fire sticks rockets with an accuracy of one to 3 meters and what the ukrainians are using them for is to take out giant ammunition depots to stop. those artillery barrage is that have been destroying the country basically destroyed about 20 of them. and the russians had particular already of really having large weapon depots and not spreading out their artillery shells and other armies will do, keeping them near the rail heads. and so considerable success in ukrainian side and stuff we don't even hear about. there's an underground, for instance, in hair song in that city which is occupied by the russians. but where the people

are unhappy about the occupation, russian soldiers wake up and the handbills posted on the building thing sleep tight, the high mars are arriving. thanks next for that update. tito use next visor in case you as president joe biden has wrapped up a visit to saudi arabia for a security and energy summit. biden told arab leaders, the united states would maintain its commitment to the middle east in talks with the saudi crown prince. he also raised the murder of journalist shemelle hotshot. she offered to see the u. s. president meeting with gulf leaders in saudi arabia's capital. he laid out how he sees america's role in the middle east. really becoming clear to me and how closely are woven, america's interest, or with the successes. normally, we will not walk away and leave

a vacuum refilled by china. russia ram will shift to bill on this moment. active principle mercury leadership. it was a clear message to gulf states who have gradually seen us disengagement from the region. notably the withdrawal from afghanistan, but bite and also signaled washington remains a dominant player when it comes to the most pressing threats to global security. the war in ukraine time is growing influence and preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon and saudi oil has been a driving factor with the u. s. looking to shore up its supplies and bring prices down, especially if it can replace russian energy. but the summit was overshadowed by bite and criticizing saudi arabia's human rights record. in particular, the killing of journalist demarco, shoghi the saudi foreign minister swiped back the conference responded that her,

this was a painful episode was, had really been that it was a terrible mistake. the idea that one can impose values on other countries are his 100 made clear. it does not work. it has not worked. when the u. s. tried to impose values on afghanistan and iraq, in fact, it backfired. biden wanted this trip to reset and repair, longstanding diplomatic relations as well as persuade gulf states to pump more oil and gas to the u. s. saudi arabia has agreed to a limited increased daily oil production. biden's trip can perhaps be seen as only a partial success. the head of germany's biggest archer has resigned after protests over an exhibit containing anti semitic imagery. the crisis surrounding documentary has gripped the art world. the show takes place every 5 years in the city of castle months. after the controversy erupted, the head of documentary being

a sure man is finally calling it quits. the art shows, supervisory board says it reached a mutual agreement, which was to end her contract. the mural by the indonesian artist collective terran patty prompted outraged, because of its anti semitic depictions. such as a jew with things and a forked tongue. documentary organizers were slow to react to protests and criticism from politicians. at 1st, the images were covered up, but later dismantled anti semitism expert marilyn mendel ended his collaboration with the art. so after his advice was ignored, he said sure, months resignation was overdue. offered us here that says i and then i hope this springs some relief. and from this moment on we can move forward and work through things and change them with a view to the future. we need to meet the phone and that will allow the document to close on a positive note and september becomes september. germany's cultural commissioner

also backs hormones, departure. it is correct and necessary to come to terms of how the exhibition of anti semitic images came about. so we can take appropriate action regarding the art exhibition. the city of castle on the regional government say they will review the way document is run. but 1st they need to find a new artistic director sport. now, at euro 2022. germany's women stormed through to the quarter finals as winters of group b after a 3 new victory against bottom of the pilot, finland goals from sophia kline. hannah alexandra pop and nicole on yomi went unanswered as germany qualified with 3 winds. from 3, the team will now face neighbors, austria in the last 8 next week, with a spot in the semi finals up for grabs. all right, well here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. south western europe is suffering a record breaking heat wife, firefighters in spain,

france and portugal are battling destructive forest blazes. the heat has killed hundreds of people, thousands more of how to leave their homes to watching detail. new news live from berlin. stay tuned for world stories the week in reports. don't forget, you can stay up to date on all the latest news. our website dw dot com. and you can follow us on our social media accounts on pablo, earliest for me and the team here in berlin. for watching, see again at the top of the next hour, take care. ah, nico is in germany to learn german. hello, benita. why not learn with him online on your mobile and free f t w's e learning course. eco's big m.